Belt buckle



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BELT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19, I921.

1,417,855. Patented y 30, 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CINCO S. ODA, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PETERIN. FISHER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BELT BUCKLE:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1922.

Application filed March 19, 1921. Serial No. 453,597.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CiNoo S. ODA, a citizen of Japan, residing atBoston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt Buckles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in belts, the principal object ofthe invention being to provide means for preventing the buckle and frontpart of the belt from moving upwardly above the top of the trousers.

A further object of the invention is to provide a button carrying memberfor engaging the belt buckle and provided with clamping means so that itcan be detachably secured to the trousers so that it can be easily andquickly removed from one pair of trousers and placed on another belt.

A further object of the invention is to provide the buckle on the beltwith means for detachably engaging the button for holding said belt in acertain position against upward movement.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described,

illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out inthe appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure lis a fragmentary front view showing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figuse 1.

Figure 3 is a view looking towards the rear of the buckle.

Figures 4 and 5 are detail views of the button carrying clamp.

Figure 6 is a front view of a portion of a pair of trousers with thebutton carrying clamp in operative position thereon.

In these views 1 indicates the belt and 2 the buckle thereof. Thisbuckle is provided with a transverse bridge-piece 3 at its rear which isprovided with a slot 4 which begins at a point about midway the ends ofthe bridge-piece and extends upwardly and passes through the top of thebuckle. The upper end of the slot is widened, as shown at 5. Disposedbetween the bridge piece 3 and the front part of the buckle is a guard 3which is provided by pressing a portion of the bridge piece inwardlywhen forming the aforesaid slot 4. This guard prevents contact betweenthe belt and the top of the button.

A clamp 6 carrying a button 7 is adapted to be attached to the top ofthe trousers A with the button 7 engaging the slot 4 in the bridge-pieceso as to prevent the buckle and belt from slipping upwardly ofi thetrousers. The button engages the lower closed end of the slot and thussecurely holds the buckle in position upon the trousers. The enlargedend of the slot facilitates the entrance of the button thereinto. Theclamp may be of the well known type, as shown in the drawing consistingof the U-shaped member 8 with the U-shaped spring 9 therein, the springbeing contracted by the lever 10. Thus the clamp can be made to grip aportion of the trousers by forcing the spring inwardly by the lever.

The clamp with the button thereon is placed adjacent the upper edge ofthe trousers, as shown in the drawing and the belt buckle is brought toa position where the button 7 can engage the slot 4 in the bridgepiece,so that when the belt is buckled around the waist the buckle and beltwill be prevented from riding upwardly off the trousers.

By my invention the use of straps at the front of the trousers isrendered unnecessary, such straps being undesirable for if they areplaced too far apart the belt buckle will work upwardly or if placedclose together to prevent this it is very diflicult to adjust the belt.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is In combination with a, belt, a buckle thereon having atransversely arranged bridge piece at its rear, spaced from its 5fr'ont'part said bridge piece having a vertically arranged slot in itsupper part having an enlarged upper end which extends CINCO S. O'DA.

